Comedy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A dramatic work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and that usually contains a happy resolution of the thematic conflict.
  • n. The genre made up of such works.
  • n. A literary or cinematic work of a comic nature or that uses the themes or methods of comedy.
  • n. Popular entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance.
  • n. The art of composing or performing comedy.
  • n. A humorous element of life or literature: the human comedy of political campaigns.
  • n. A humorous occurrence.
  • idiom. comedy of errors A ludicrous event or sequence of events: The candidate's campaign turned out to be a political comedy of errors.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. archaic Greece. a choric song of celebration or revel
  • n. ancient Greece. a light, amusing play with a happy ending
  • n. medieval Europe. a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy)
  • n. A dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
  • n. The genre of such works
  • n. entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance
  • n. the art of composing comedy
  • n. a humorous event
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That branch of the drama which addresses itself primarily to the sense of the humorous or the ridiculous: opposed to tragedy, which appeals to the more serious and profound emotions. See drama and tragedy.
  • n. In a restricted sense, a form of the drama which is humorous without being broadly or grossly comical: distinguished from farce.
  • n. A dramatic composition written in the style of comedy; a comic play or drama.
  • n. Hence A humorous or comic incident or series of incidents in real life.
  • n. A narrative poem: applied to the Divina Commedia (‘Divine Comedy’) of Dante. See Dante and Divina Commedia in the Cyclopedia of Names.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a comic incident or series of incidents
  • n. light and humorous drama with a happy ending
  • Antonym
    tragedy    drama   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    play    sport    fun   
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    dram   
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    Movies & Film    Humor   
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    drama    romance    poetry    poem    play    farce    humor    opus    tale    fantasy